“A rare and perfect synthesis of art and larkiness…the audience howled with laughter, stamped and cheered”. The Times, London From stints entertaining the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, the sell-out West End Hippodrome Boom and Bang Circus, a private performance for Her Majesty, the Olivier Award winning show “C’est Barbican”, two series on Channel 4. My early experience came touring from age four with my father, Country and Western singer Terry Edwards. Often being on Variety bills with a troupe of all singing animal puppets featuring an emu that belted out “Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better” while a giraffe behind it took its knickers off. I had my formal training as a Hammerstein Chanter at Southwark Cathedral, where I was given three Cadbury Cream Eggs by the Bishop of London for my top A’s on Easter Day and often tripped on the hem of my surplice because my mother rinsed it in Blue Whitener and it blinded me. Shakers thought I was Saint Veronica and, during Schubert’s Mass in G, would roll around on the tomb of High Sheriff Victualler Robert Mason. At eighteen I went to Guildhall, and first played Madame Galina during the Rag Week Revue there. I later did seasons with British Youth Opera, gave recitals at Southwark Cathedral, Loseley Hall and the Chelsea Arts Club, and held a singing tutorship at the Guildford School of Acting. I performed as Galina at a private party at the Thorpeness Country Club and was spotted by club booker Emily Latham, who arranged for me to audition for Club Kabaret. Within a week I was on a West End stage in front of Madonna, Jude Law and Kate Moss. In 2000 Simon Casson offered me a wild card entry into Busker of the Year at Duckie. I won that, and was then asked to take part in a showcase for Chrysalis TV, which led to Edinburgh. I won the As Seen on the Big Breakfast Edinburgh Special. Since Edinburgh, I have been coached by Diana Quick and directed by Neale Simpson (I live in mortal terror of their judgements) touring theatres in “Anything for a Tenor”, “Madame Galina Ballet Star Galactica/New Forces’ Sweetheart” and “Along Came Bill”. After a private performance for Her Majesty, wires got crossed and I ended up on four tours to Iraq and Afghanistan entertaining for Combined Services Entertainment.